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... Desiring to implement the principle of equality of rights
for men and women contained in the Charter of the United Nations, ...
... Recognizing that everyone has the right to take part in the
government of his country directly or indirectly through freely
chosen representatives, and has the right to equal access to
public service in his country, and desiring to equalize the status
of men and women in the enjoyment and exercise of political rights,
in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United
Nations and of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ...
... Women shall be entitled to vote in all elections on equal
terms with men, without any discrimination. ...
... Women shall be eligible for election to all publicly elected
bodies, established by national law, on equal terms with men,
without any discrimination. ...
... Women shall be entitled to hold public office and to exercise
all public functions, established by national law, on equal terms
with men, without any discrimination. ...
... 1. This Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French,
Russian and Spanish texts shall be equally authentic, shall be
deposited in the archives of the United Nations. ...